Say The Things

by Telling Dad on June 6, 2010

This song parody has been a long time coming, but it’s finally here!

I wrote these lyrics to the tune of “Seven Things” after promising the daughter of some friends of ours back in Texas that I’d write a parody to a Miley Cyrus song. I had originally planned to sing it myself but it didn’t take me long to realize that this would have been a complete disaster.

I decided to hire a fantastic vocalist out of Canada (Rachel Ferguson) and she absolutely nailed it. It was soooo cool to hear her bring my lyrics to life. She did an amazing job and she’ll be back on future parodies.

I tweeted, begged, and asked my bloggy buddies if they’d like to participate in the music video and what you’re about to see is the collaborative work of all those bloggers.

I want to thank everyone who sent video clips (you are all fawned over underneath the video) and I hope you’ll be up for an encore.

With that, I bring you “Say the Things”, which is my commentary on the importance of commentary. I figure, if I’m going to obsess over comments, why not at least have some fun with it, right?

Oh, and if you don’t comment after watching this? Then we need to talk.

Greg you are AWESOME! Kirsta said THANK YOU! She is grinning ear to ear! To bad I have no idea how to send in videos cause she would have loved to ham it up! Awesome timing too, she is bummed we are making her sit around cause she pull her groin muscle at try outs yesterday. I LOVED the shots of Heather and the kids, I can't believe how much they have grown!

It is early in the morning here and my computer is in the bedroom. It is rude enough for me to be clicking away with my mouse and keyboard so I didn't get to listen to the song. That being said, I did read the post and I love the lyrics. Kudos!

I absolutely LOVE IT! So much in fact that I grabbed your adorable little button and sent one of my corporate sponsors (read: affiliate ads) straight to the dumpster and slapped yours up there in its place!

AMEN! I finally just shut off the comments on most of my blogs, just to keep me from getting so depressed. Well, that, and the idiots who felt the need to leave nastigrams…
.-= Lisa´s last blog ..BYOB =-.

Okay I see now that it was Nicole aka MissBlondie. However now I want to know who the girl was that looked to be singing the entire thing. She had brown hair and was on her bed. Was that Kadi? She pointed to her crotch and said "down here" and I honestly lost my poo. LOLOL

@Pop and Ice, it's all the Flirty Girl Workouts. My goal is to work my way down to the Stripper Pole weight limit.

@EVERYONE! Thank you all soooooo much for the wonderful comments, the tweets, and the sharing. I had a blast making this and more are coming. I'll be visiting each and every one of you in the coming days to repay the comment love.

Great video as always. I enjoyed seeing some of my favorite people around the blog universe. Way too funny when you were sitting by your laptop waiting for a comment, looking so sad. Like that would ever happen……LOL!!!

FANTASTIC everyone – well done! Greg, great job in putting it all together. This is so true – I put the Live Feed on my blog and now I see how many hits I get… and still *crickets* LOL Hopefully this will help! HA!
.-= Lynsey Jones´s last blog ..Monday Mingle – May 31, 2010 =-.

That video embodies everything I feel when I see "0 Comments" after a long post! I have a blog. A tiny blog, about the things I love, you see. And I have only gotten 2 comments. EVER. One of them was The Bloggess, because she's so awesome it hurts, and one of them was another crafty blogger.

My family members sometimes say to me on the phone, "Oh I read your blog last night, it was so funny!" And for the hundredth time I say, "You should comment!" They reply, "No, that's too much work. I can just call you." Facepalm.

You know you suck when your own relatives won't even take the time to comment on your blog.

Had to come back for: OMG, I would have never thought it was Kadi the one singing! Kadi you did awesome. Kudos to Lee for recognizing you
.-= Yoly at YNR Live´s last blog ..Blogging 101: How to create your Gravatar =-.

Woohooo! this is the BEST video EVER! I truly mean this! Do MORE! Off to tweet and post on my blog Oh, and we have some HOTTIE bloggers out there! Whoosh!
.-= Shop with Me Mama (Kim)´s last blog ..Ronzoni Smart Taste Review! =-.

Loved it! I love commenting and need to make a point of taking more time to do it. I read so many blogs now, I find more frequently I "plan" on going back later… And don't. That's gotta change Great little project!

I refuse to comment… wait! I'm totally addicted to MAKING comments and get really out of place that I only get four comments a week, and they are from friends. Oh well. LOVE this song and am bummed that I could not participate. Maybe next time…
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Awesome! Love the bloggers who participated and the lyrics are great. Makes me want to go and hug all the people who have ever commented on my site.
.-= Fairly Odd Mother´s last blog ..Want to be lazy at PR? Fill in the blanks =-.

I just popped over from Momdot to say this was hilarious! I loved it and will have to bookmark it so I can listen to it again after I find my earbuds. The kids raised hell at me for pumping it up during their cartoon marathon!
.-= Jenn@FFP´s last blog ..Decadent. Fudgy. Chocolate-y. Rich. Brownies =-.

What a freakin' awesome video!!! Just saw Alexes's post at One Cluttered Brain! I want to be in the next one!!! I LOVE it! And, thank you!!!
.-= Lisa Brown´s last blog ..Monday Mingle Vlog – June 7th =-.

You totally ROCK! Man, you sure got it together, dude! I am totally following you. I know you really put some hard work, and thought into this one. Jennifer Jleighdesignz told me about this one, and I'm so glad she did. You've got it all togther, Man.
.-= Xmasdolly´s last blog ..I'm so in love with my Hamilton Beach Blender! =-.

Oh no you made me laugh and almost cry. We work so hard on our blogs and it is nice to see a comment or two or dozens. It shows us that people really are listening. Thanks for the share!!! I am going to give you some love at Mom to Bed by 8!
.-= Teri H´s last blog ..EasyLunchboxes.com Review and Giveaway ~ Pack your lunch in a snap! =-.

Comment #150 – thought this would be in the thousands by now. This post certainly deserves it. This is the second great song parody that I haver heard here. This post rocked and if you had one of those lame little kudos buttons I would click it as many times as I could. Instead I'll just tweet it to everyone I know. Great job with the lyrics, and your vocalist was perfect. Thanks
.-= Larry @ Cakeblast´s last blog ..Friday Follow, Friendly Friday + More =-.

Nicely done. I never thought about how Blog writers might actually LIKE to get comments. Now I understand. Not getting comments on a blog you spent a lot of effort on and you think is great must be kind of like peeing in your pants when you are wearing black trousers. You get a warm feeling, but nobody else notices. Maybe. Or maybe not. I'll comment more often.

By the way, I've never peed in my pants when wearing dark trousers, so that whole part was just conjecture.

Wow! This is an absolutely fabulous parody. Thank you for sharing with all of us and helping to inspire people to leave comment love on blog posts.
.-= TheAngelForever´s last blog ..Commenting on comments =-.

Greg! it was so totally worth the 41899 times I had to reload so the video would play without buffering!(my dial up on caffeine just doesn't like loading stuff for me, sigh) Is this a mis-placed identity of yours? the vocalist rocked and editing superb Is the spinner still attached to your beanie? The heat that must of of been rising from your dome must of been crazy, or is it spinning in cyber-space as I type? Of course I will have to grab the button… maybe it will goose my 1.7 readers ( that is One.7, not as in thousands, I wish) to comment occasionally?? maybe??
.-= Faythe @GrammyMousetails´s last blog ..What do you Colum-bine… =-.

WOW! this is amazing, I knew about your page and video from a post in our contest while we want to create a big folder that contains everything possible about blog comments and commenting on other blogs!

This was fantastic. I’ve always been shy about my own writing, and very shy about commenting…but when I hesitate to comment, I’m reminded of why I’ve given up blogging every time I’ve attempted it — because without comments, it felt like no one was reading it.

I found this going back through The Bloggess’ site, and I will definitely tweet this and share it on my Facebook. And this blog was just added to my bookmarks under my Favorite Blogs tab – I want to come back and read more!